Joseph McLaughlin (Pennsylvania politician)
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Joseph McLaughlin (June 9, 1867 – November 21, 1926) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
[edit]Joseph McLaughlin was born in Burt, County Donegal, Ireland on June 9, 1867. He immigrated to the United States and settled in Philadelphia in 1889. He was employed as a mechanic in the Baldwin Locomotive Works and became shop superintendent of his department.
McLaughlin was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth Congress. As a saloon keeper he voted against Prohibition while a member of the House.[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1918. He was elected to the Sixty-seventh Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1922.
He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 21, 1926. Interment in Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, Pennsylvania.
Sources
[edit]- United States Congress. "Joseph McLaughlin (id: M000540)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Cathal Coyle. 2016. The Little Book of Donegal. The History Press.